Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-07-14

side. Not yet having found that cooler clI-
mate, | do not tarry, but take the Cedar
Glade road to the west, cross the mountain
and camp at its foot on small creek.
Saturday, 12-Travel through noun
famous region, over another divide and de.
scend to the Washita River, along which
there is good farming region. On through
Cedar Glade, strike the Little Rock road
| Taking the west end of it some eight miles
cross the North Fork of the Washita. Rain
is falling heavily. When there is stream
! TO be crossed always make point of cross
irg before camping for the night, if possible.
| Sunday, 13-The creek behind ME is past
| fording this morning. Roll out and soon
reach the Washita again, which find too
deep to cross; so pull up over the mountain,
| and after much winding about through
windfals of pine timber, &C., finally reach
| the Waldron road. Another heavy rain to-
| day. The water comes down as though the
! bottom had fallen out of everything above.
Monday, 14-Leaye the settlements again,
and driving to all points of the compass, en-
counter the Push Mountains. Find the road
very rough and badly washed. Descend the
mountain with wheels dead locked. The
mountain is rightly named, for one is badly
pushed getting down. Nooned on the head
of the creek, and then continued down the
valley some ten miles to Push River, which
find too deepfor fording, so camp for the
| night. This valley is well farmed in corn
and cotton. The corn has been badly blown
down, but perhaps it will recover.
Tuesday, 15-Cross Push River, and it did
push me truly, the water coming into my
buggy. Corn in this bottom stands six to
eight feet high. Cotton looks well. Came
out of the mountains at Waldron, the county
seat of Scott county, on what is called the
line road from Fort Scott via Dallas, Ark,
to Texas. 1t is a thriving town with good
farming country to back it. Population
some seven hundred. Go into camp seven
miles north.
Wednesday, 16-Passed through a rather
level country containing fine farms, and
camped for noon on a small prairie, the first
l have seen in Arkansas. Mr.. Crawford, a
resident here, is out securing the right of
way for another of Gould's roads through
this region. The Frisco road passes near
here. Drove through Dayton and Salem,
two small towns. The latter has quite fine
college for this part of the state. Encoun-
tered a party of surveyors running another
line from Fort Smith south through Green
wood name or terminus unknown. The last
named place.ls the county seat of Sebastian
county, and has a fine brick courthouse.
Camp some three miles north of town near
the farm of Mr.. Gentry. Yesterday his
house, with most of the furniture, together
with a well stored smokehouse, was burned
to the ground. He got his hand badly burn
ed also.
Thursday, 1T-Came through quite large
prairie. 1t seems good to get out of the
woods once in d while. 1t has been nothing
but timber since I left Ironton, distance
of nearly $50 miles. From the top of hill
1 descry Fort Smith in the distance, at which
place arrive in due time, and find it long
city with its business houses principally on
one street. Many new buildings are being
erected. Population $4,000. Ell.
Fort Smith, Ark, June IL, 1887.